2025 NHL Awards: Avalanche’s Cale Makar, Canucks’ Quinn Hughes headline Norris Trophy finalists

With the Playoffs of the Stanley Cup move, the Nhl It has begun the process of announcing the finalists for each of their main awards for the 2024-25 season.

On Tuesday, the league announced the finalists of the Norris Trophy, who honors the highest defender. The three finalists of the prestigious prize are Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche), Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks).

Hughes is the winner of the Norris Trophy who reigns and continued to direct the Canucks in points (76) and assists (60) during the regular season. He also directed the Canucks by scoring a 26-point margin and only Erik Karlsson ran his team at more points when he led the San Jose sharks by 34 points during the 2022-23 campaign. He also marked the fourth consecutive season in which Hughes reached the 60 -point plateau, and also became the fourth defender in NHL history to get this feat.

Makar, meanwhile, led all NHL proponents in points (92), goals (30) and assists (62). The Avalanche Blue-Liner previously won the Norris Trophy for its performance during the 2021-22 season. On the other hand, Werenski recorded a career in points (82), goals (23) and assists (59), while becoming the first defender of the blue jackets to lead the team to score. Werenski would become the first Columbus player in the history of the franchise to win the Norris trophy if the prize is taken home.

The rest of the NHL awards will be announced daily in mid -May. The NHL 2025 awards will take place in June 2025, but an exact date has not yet been announced.

Vezina trophy

The vezina trophy is granted “to the goalkeeper awarded to be the best in his position”.

• Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets)
• Darcy Kuemper (Los Angeles Kings)
• Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Norris Trophy

The Norris Trophy is given “the defensive player who demonstrates throughout the season the greater total capacity of the position”.

• Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks)
• Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
• Zach Werenski (Columbus blue jackets)